From: Victor Reyes <victor.reyes@...>
Date: 2007-03-11T01:18:57+09:00
Subject: Re: GUI With Ruby

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Hello Group!

Although I don't regularly don't program much, mainly due to time, I also
would like to find an easy way to use GUI within my Ruby programs.
I tried several toolkits, but I end up expending so much time dealing with
the GUI widgets that I eventually give up altogether. I would like some kind
of GUI environment in which I can just grab a widget (i.e. a drop-down-list
or a radio button, Etc.) and drop it exactly where I want it to be.
I normally hate to pay for software if I can get it for free (but legally),
but something like this drag and drop GUI fro Ruby I would be willing to pay
for.
But, I've been waiting now for a few years and nothing yet! And I don't have
the skills to write it myself. Oh Well, the story of my life!

Victor

On 3/10/07, Lyle Johnson <lyle.johnson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/10/07, Caleb Tennis <caleb@aei-tech.com> wrote:
>
> > Agreed.  FX and FXRuby are indeed great GUI toolkits (this coming
> > from a Qt guy).  I simply started using Qt LONG before I ever picked
> > up Ruby, so QtRuby was a natural marriage for me.
>
> Sending the love for Qt back your way. ;)
>
> All of the "major" GUI toolkits for Ruby are pretty good. They all
> have their little quirks, etc. My usual recommendation to folks is to
> try out several of them on a little test program and see how it feels.
> You also want to consider things like what kinds of documentation
> (free or otherwise) and technical support (via forums, IRC, mailing
> lists, etc.) is available for those times when you do run into
> problems. There's more to a choice like this than merely looking at a
> feature list and flipping a coin. ;)
>
>

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